Bimonthly April

Question 1

Rivers that begin in humid regions and then flow to dry areas.

Answer 1

Exotic rivers

Question 2

What does “Mesopotamia” mean?

Answer 2

Land between two rivers

Question 3

What is the largest sand desert in the world?

Answer 3

Rub- al Khali

Question 4

What does “Rub al- Khali” mean?

Answer 4

Means empty quarter

Question 5

Where are the most of the region’s oil fields located?

Answer 5

Near the shores of the Persian Gulf

Question 6

Is an international organization whose members work to influence the price of oil on world markets.

Answer 6

OPEC

Question 7

A religion founded in Saudi Arabia by Muhammad and is divided in 2; Shia and Sanni

Answer 7

Islam

Question 8

What is the largest country in the Arabian Peninsula?

Answer 8

Saudi Arabia

Question 9

What were the people who settled in “Mesopotamia” called?

Answer 9

Sumerians

Question 10

A country that has the government controlled by Muslim leaders.

Answer 10

Islamic republic

Question 11

A government ruled by religious leaders.

Answer 11

Theocracy

Question 12

Capital of Saudi Arabia:

Answer 12

Riyadh

Question 13

Capital of United Arab Emirates:

Answer 13

Abu Dhabi

Question 14

Capital of Yemen:

Answer 14

Sanaa

Question 15

Capital of Oman:

Answer 15

Muscat

Question 16

Capital of Qatar:

Answer 16

Doha

Question 17

Capital of Kuwait:

Answer 17

City of Kuwait

Question 18

Capital of Iraq:

Answer 18

Baghdad

Question 19

Capital of Iran:

Answer 19

Tehran

Question 20

What bodies of water surround the Arabian Peninsula?

Answer 20

Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf

Question 21

What are the two rivers in the region of the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, and Iran?

Answer 21

Euphrates River and Tigris River

Question 22

What is the main religion in the region of the Arabian, Peninsula, Iraq, and Iran?

Answer 22

Islam

Question 23

Capital of Algeria

Answer 23

Algiers

Question 24

Capital of Tunisia

Answer 24

Tunis

Question 25

Capital of Morocco

Answer 25

Rabat

Question 26

Capital of Lybia

Answer 26

Tripoli

Question 27

Capital of Egypt

Answer 27

Cairo

Question 28

World's longest river

Answer 28

Nile river

Question 29

Largest desert in the world

Answer 29

Sahara

Question 30

Narrow waterway that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea

Answer 30

Suez Canal

Question 31

Resources of North Africa

Answer 31

Coal, oil, natural gas, minerals

Question 32

Wet, fertile area in a desert where a spring or well provides water.

Answer 32

Oasis

Question 33

Effect, result

Answer 33

Impact

Question 34

Power, right to rule

Answer 34

Authority

Question 35

Someone who rules a country with complete power.

Answer 35

Dictator

Question 36

Marketplaces

Answer 36

Souks

Question 37

A city in which almost no taxes are places on goods sold there.

Answer 37

Free port